Senior Software Engineer - FEM Solver Development

🇺🇸 Natick, MA

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Software Engineering

🗓️ September 18th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

MathWorks is hiring a Senior Software Engineer specializing in FEM Solver Development. The role involves designing and developing advanced numerical algorithms and software tools in C++ for modeling and simulating complex multi-domain, multi-physical systems while collaborating with MATLAB and Simulink teams to enhance integration workflows.

Highlights

Advance development of numerical algorithms for solving partial differential equations (PDEs).
Utilize software architecture and C++ skills to tackle complex computational problems.
Collaborate with MATLAB and Simulink teams to improve integration workflows.
Required: Bachelor's degree with 6 years experience, or Master's with 3 years, or PhD or equivalent.
Strong experience in C++ programming.
Preferred experience with h/p adaptive finite elements and advanced numerical PDE modeling methods like finite element or integral equation methods.
Knowledge of scientific and high-performance computing tools and libraries for linear algebra and visualization.
Familiarity with data structures and algorithms.
Experience in large scale software product design and shipping is a plus.
Bonus skills include familiarity with STL, Boost libraries, MATLAB, Simulink, and related simulation and code generation tools.

Senior Software Engineer - FEM Solver Development Full Description

Senior Software Engineer - FEM Solver Development

Team: Product Development
Location: US-MA-Natick

Job Summary

Come work with a team of talented engineers committed to building revolutionary software tools used in modeling, simulating, and deploying modular, multi-domain and multi-physical engineering systems. Customers use our tools to create system level descriptions of multi-domain and multi-physical systems.

Responsibilities

Leverage your strong numerical PDE modeling and software development skills to design and develop the next generation of tools for use in modeling and simulation of complex multi-domain systems.

Focus on:

Advancing the development of numerical algorithms for solving PDE's
Leveraging your software architecture and C++ skills to solve challenging computational problems
Collaborating with other MATLAB & Simulink teams and developing solutions to drive integration workflows.

Minimum Qualifications

A bachelor's degree and 6 years of professional work experience (or a master's degree and 3 years of professional work experience, or a PhD degree, or equivalent experience) is required.
Experience with C++

Additional Qualifications

Experience with h/p adaptive finite elements
2+ years professional software development experience
Experience in advanced numerical modeling of partial differential equations, e.g. finite element method and or integral equation methods
Experience with scientific computing and high-performance computing tools and libraries such as libraries for solution of linear algebraic equations and scientific visualization
Knowledge of data structures and algorithms
Experience in designing and shipping large scale software products is a big plus
Experience with STL or Boost libraries is a plus
Experience with MATLAB, Simulink or other block diagram modeling, simulation and code generation tools is a big plus

Original Job Description

Senior Software Engineer - FEM Solver Development

Team: Product Development
Location: US-MA-Natick

Job Summary

Responsibilities

Leverage your strong numerical PDE modeling and software development skills to design and develop the next generation of tools for use in modeling and simulation of complex multi-domain systems.

Focus on:

Advancing the development of numerical algorithms for solving PDE's
Leveraging your software architecture and C++ skills to solve challenging computational problems
Collaborating with other MATLAB & Simulink teams and developing solutions to drive integration workflows.

Minimum Qualifications

A bachelor's degree and 6 years of professional work experience (or a master's degree and 3 years of professional work experience, or a PhD degree, or equivalent experience) is required.
Experience with C++

Additional Qualifications

Experience with h/p adaptive finite elements
2+ years professional software development experience
Experience in advanced numerical modeling of partial differential equations, e.g. finite element method and or integral equation methods
Experience with scientific computing and high-performance computing tools and libraries such as libraries for solution of linear algebraic equations and scientific visualization
Knowledge of data structures and algorithms
Experience in designing and shipping large scale software products is a big plus
Experience with STL or Boost libraries is a plus
Experience with MATLAB, Simulink or other block diagram modeling, simulation and code generation tools is a big plus